Turkeygate: A Thanksgiving Scandal
Some stories never let go. I've been retelling this one for half a century.
Roosevelt Used Paul Jones’ Body to Pitch His Great White Fleet
Only those who wanted a bigger Navy were fit to be in the room with Captain Jones, the president claimed
Finding the Body of Admiral Paul Jones in Paris
An accurate account reprinted from Scientific American following the discovery in 1905
Are These Really the Remains of John Paul Jones?
Results of the official 1905 forensic analysis of the body
A Fragile Little Bird and a Giant Iron Steamship
An 1882 ad for the SS Taurus to Seacoast NH
Three US Naval Heroes Inside a Vacuum Tube
Jones, Perry, and Farragut all had ties to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.
Portland Burned, Portsmouth Spared in 1775
Captain Mowat torched 400 buildings and left 1,000 homeless
Timeline: The Life of John Paul Jones
A quick chronology of a complex Revolutionary War hero
Evan Thomas on John Paul Jones
Our interview with the bestselling biographer
Submerged: Making the USS Squalus Movie
An interview with director James Keach about his close-to-history submarine drama
Why I Avoid Fake Pirates
They evoke a spirit of the past that never happened and teach us nothing
Portsmouth Sailors on the Move in World War I
Naval Reserve facts from the back of a stereoview card